At Taser party, it's shock and awe

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Copying Tupperware parties of old, Arizona fan peddles stun gun for personal protection

Its sleek exterior makes it look more like an electric razor than a weapon.

Before she lets them shoot her little pink stun gun, Dana Shafman ushers her new friends to the living room sofa for a serious chat about the fears she believes they all share.

"The worst nightmare for me is, while I'm sleeping, someone coming in my home," Shafman said, drawing a few solemn nods from the gathered women. Shafman, 34, of Phoenix, says she knows how they feel and tells how she used to stash knives under her pillow for protection.

Welcome, she says, to the Taser party.

On the coffee table, Shafman spreads Taser's C2 "personal protector" weapons that the company markets to the public. It doesn't take long before the women are lined up in the hall, whooping as they take turns blasting at a metallic target.

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Wasn't there a story recently about a carjacking where the driver used their personal taser and it did not stop or prevent the thief of the car and attacker?

Looks like they are selling false confidence.

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Selling false confidence and capitalizing on a culture of invented fears.

The first part of the 21st century will go down in history as the "BE AFRAID! BE VERY AFRAID!!!!" years.

[Warpy]

2. I cared a Taser when I was being stalked

but my resourcefulness and willingness to do some homework and make a credible counterthreat soon got rid of the stalker. I never had to tase anybody and I couldn't tell you where the sucker's packed right now.

I have a short handled sledge hammer next to my bed and after being a night nurse for 25 years, I'm still rabid when rudely awakened. An attacker will not walk away.